Luster-Painted Basin, c. 1480

  • Islamic, Spanish

Tin-glazed earthenware with luster

  • Overall: 5 × 19 inches (12.7 × 48.3 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund

63.23

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

(Bacri Freres, Paris, France)

William Randolph Hearst [1863-1951], (New York, New York, USA)

1951-1963, William Randolph Hearst Foundation (New York, New York, USA)

1963, (New York, New York, USA)

1963-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Parke-Bernet Galleries, "Attic Terra-Cotta Vases, Hispano-Moresque Ware, Rare Silver, Chinese Porcelain, Gothic and Renaissance Furniture, Architectural Elements, Rugs. Collected by the Late William Randolph Hearst. Sold for the Account of the Hearst Corporation," 5-6 April 1963, p. 73, no. 213 (ill) Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Islamic Art Across the World, June 18 - October 1, 1970, cat. no. 201 M. Levkoff, Hearst, the Collector (Los Angeles 2008), p. 46 Bulletin of the DIA 87, no. 1/4: Italian Renaissance and Later Ceramics (2013): cat. no. 3.

Islamic, Spanish, Luster-Painted Basin, c. 1480, Tin-glazed earthenware with luster. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund, 63.23.